Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Psychology
Cognitive, developmental, social and clinical psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.
At a glance, 2026–27
- Head of department
- Professor Leah Swinburne
- Faculty
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Building
- Coggeshall Building, Riverside site
- Academic staff
- 48
- Students
- 520 undergraduates, 150 taught and 75 research postgraduates
The Department teaches psychology as a science, with laboratory classes from the first term and a final-year project in which every student designs and runs a study of their own. Its laboratories on the Riverside site include an eye-tracking suite and a baby lab.
The Department runs a conversion masters for graduates of other subjects and a research methods masters for those intending to take a doctorate.
Subjects
- Cognitive psychology
- Developmental psychology
- Social psychology
- Clinical and health psychology
- Cognitive neuroscience
Courses
Undergraduate
- Philosophy and Psychology BA CV85, joint
- Psychology BSc C800
- Psychology with Neuroscience BSc C8B1
Postgraduate taught
Postgraduate research
- Psychology PhD R403
Psychology in the course finder
Research
- Language and reading
- How children learn to read, and dyslexia.
- Memory across the lifespan
- Memory in older adults and early signs of dementia.
- Health behaviour
- Sleep, exercise and stress in students and shift workers.
Research students are supervised in every area listed. See research at Oxenfurt and the University’s centres and institutes.
Contact
Coggeshall Building, Riverside site, Riverside Road, Oxenfurt OF1 4RS
Email psychology@oxenfurt.uk · Telephone 01632 960668
The department office is open from 09:00 to 17:00, Monday to Friday.
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